#F9E973#F9E973

#F9E973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E973
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -9.18, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 59.18, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(92.38% -0.0283 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(92.38% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.3027, 79.6580, 27.8360)
Luminance	0.7965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E973 #7383F9

analogous

#F9A673 #F9E973 #C6F973

triadic

#F9E973 #73F9E9 #E973F9

tetradic

#F9E973 #73F9A6 #7383F9 #F973C6

square

#F9E973 #73F9A6 #7383F9 #F973C6

split-complementary

#F9E973 #73C6F9 #A673F9

monochromatic

#E8CD0A #F6E038 #F9E973 #FCF2AE #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#F9E973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E973

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E973	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9e',
    500: '#f9e973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e973;
$custom-light: #feef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92383,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E973

secondary

#3C4ED4

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E973

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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